This is an analysis of the poem You Have Made A Life Lived To Them Look Easy that begins with:

Stay away from those who try to reduce,
Your experiences to their limited point of view....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXbaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010111001 10100001100101 10010010100111 0111101100110 111100100001110 0100010110 1101001111 101010100110000
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 392
  • Average number of words per stanza: 72
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, of, and are repeated.

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  • summary of You Have Made A Life Lived To Them Look Easy;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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